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Enrolment expands
byZs. gartner
The students seem to love
campus so much they can't stay
away from it.
There's a 23% increase over last
year's figures at this time in Ihe
number of students registering for
spring session at the University of
Calgary, and all fingers seem to be
pointing in the direction of the tight
job market as the basic reason for
this substantial increase.
As of April 29, 4,986 students
are registered for spring session
compared to last year's 4,039 at
the same date.
Dr. P.J. Krueger, the administration's Vice-President Academic,
says that it's been historically evident that when the job situations
tighten up, university populations
tend to increase.
Coordinator for the Special Sessions Department of Continuing
Education, Dr. Ken Loose, con-
cured with Krueger on this point,
and speculated on a few other
reasons (linked either directiy or
indirectly to the job situation) why
more students are on campus this
spring.
He mentioned, as did Krueger,
that some students may be trying to
finish their degrees in less than
four years in order to get into die
job market sooner. Loose also suggested that people may be taking
courses that are extra to their degrees in order to make themselves
more marketable.
In addition to these reasons, the
enrolment limits for fall and winter
session courses may make a difference "but don't account for the
radical increases in spring session
enrolment'', says Loose.
Krueger seems generally
pleased with the increased enrolment and says that it is especially
significant that full course registrations for spring are up 39%, which
suggests that the students who are
coming to school this spring are
also taking more courses. He said
that there have been "concrete efforts" to develop the spring and
summer programs.
According to Loose, a pretty
high percentage of people attend
ing spring and summer session get
their first choice of classes, but this
year, because of the large increase,
the situation is different. This year
it is crucial for students to have
been early in registering, says
Loose , because "things required
for a degree program, such as English 201, fill up quickly."
Kruegar believes that there is
one more type of spring/summer
student besides the ones who are
trying to finish early, get extra credits, or can't find summer work.
This other student is the graduate
of 1982 who thought she had a
permanent job, only to find the offer rescinded.
Loose voiced a concern that it
might "get to a point where finding additional instructors becomes
a difficult thing."
His department, in cooperation
with the Office of Institutional
Analysis, will be conducting a
study once summer session has begun. They will be surveying students about the reasons for being
on campus during spring and summer, and the results should be av-
ailible by late September or early
October.
Charming new engineering building
photo by Zs. Gartner
Gauntlet
Vol. 8, Number 1, May 13,1982
Plumbing prime problem
by Zs. Gartner
"We can't stand around sucking our thumbs while September 1st
approaches", said Dr. M.A. Ward, head of the University of Calgary's
Civil Engineering department, when asked about the effects of construction strikes and delays on the completion of the new civil engineering
building.
"The biggest problem facing us right now is the plumbers", said
Ward. But he added that because construction was so advanced at the
itime the strike began only two weeks delay was added.
Ward hopes to start moving into the new building by the end of this
month, and says that the move will take about two months because they
are not just simply moving offices, but entire labs full of equipment. One
particular testing machine, Ward says, costs $25,000 to move just a few
hundred yards.
This new building will more than double the Civil Engineering department's current space, but they will be losing half of their old space to the
Surveying department.
Ward is particularity pleased that by moving offices and labs into the
new building, the old wing will be freed for the function it was originally
intended.
The whole one side of the old wing is a hydraulics lab, but was never
used because the space had to be used for other things. Ward says that
there are $50,000 worth of pumps in there that have never been turned on.
Now the department is working towards a "first class undergraduate
hydraulics program in me old building.''
According to Ward, the new building was supposed to have been
finished in 1969, but was one of the first things affected when the
mid-sixties crunch hit. Ward, sounding like the eternal optimist, said,
' 'So really, we're a few years behind. "It's been a long wait.
Beck balks at BoG budget buildup
by Peter Lauridsen
Students who plan on attending
the University of Calgary this fall
will be faced with a whopping 20%
increase in tuition fees - pushing
full-time undergraduate fees to
$727.00 from $606.00 last year.
This substantial increase, which
has been expected since the provincial budget was brought down
in late March, was approved by the
university's Board of Governors
April 27th.
The increase is the maximum
amount allowed under Minister of
Advanced Education and Manpower James Horsman's new tuition fee policy and the University
Budget Committee claimed the increase is necessary if the University is to continue to provide
services "as close as possible to
the present level".
Heightened tuition fees will provide the university with about an
extra $6 million to the operating
budget, which for the coming year
is estimated to be $123,764,000.
The Budget Committee stated that
anything less than a 20% increase
in tuition fees would require
further cuts in faculty to be made.
(Twenty-one full-time teaching
positions have already been
eliminated.)
Even with increased tuition fees
and the impending staff cuts, the
university will still be forced to
spend the entire existing operating
surplus of over $300,000 in order
to balance the budget. U of C Pres-
Norman Wagner holds his own
with Richard O'Gorman
photo by Peter Lauridsen
ident Norman Wagner is confident, however, that the lack of any
operating surplus in coming years
will strengthen the university's
bargaining position with the provincial government for more adequate funding.
Wagner also spoke on the matter
of accessibility saying, "This
question [of cost to students] disturbs me greatly...but I am not
convinced that this will cause students to cease studying. Given die
alternatives [further cuts in staff], I
am less hesitant in advocating
higher tuition fees." He also
maintained that provincial government policy regarding grants and
loans for post-secondary education
will be revised to deal with the
economic strain of higher tuition
The Board of Governors made it
clear from the outset that they feel
there is little alternative to spreading out the financial need of die
university to include students.
Opposition Voiced
Speaking on behalf of the Stu-
dent's Union, outgoing SLC President Richard O'Gorman proposed
an amendment that would limit any
tuition fee increase to 10%. "Students this year affirmed their belief
in student fees," he said in a prepared statement, "but...students
cannot accept a 20% increase as
either realistic or equitable at this
time."
Citing the soaring cost of living
and the gloomy summer employment prospects, O'Gonnan
claimed that such a high tuition fee
increase would have a further
"negative impact" on those students planning to enroll at the University of Calgary. However, the
amendment received only marginal attention and was easily
defeated.
Though BoG chairman Ross
MacKimmie said he sympathized
with student concerns, he felt the
Board's first responsibility was to
insure that the university does not
operate at a deficit, which is prohibited by the University Act.
Dr. J.S. Beck, the only non-
student on the board to support die
amendment, told The Gauntlet he
supported it as "a matter of
principle...there shouldn't be tuition. '' Though oppossed to the tuition hike, Dr. Beck did admit that
he did not think it is likely to affect
many students.
Donna Retiger, the graduate student's representative to the board,
also supported the amendment saying her concern is that increased
tuition fees will be difficult for students to bear unless more financial
support (from the government) is
forthcoming,
Retiger also complained that
government funding of this university is not tied to enrollment increases. '' We really have to grovel
to get any extra money,'' she said.
Given the 15 to 25% rate of institutional inflation, says Retiger,
what is most necessary at this time
is some long-range planning with
regards to die funding of universities as well as awareness
programs to make the public conscious of what post-secondary education is going to cost in the future.

Enrolment expands
byZs. gartner
The students seem to love
campus so much they can't stay
away from it.
There's a 23% increase over last
year's figures at this time in Ihe
number of students registering for
spring session at the University of
Calgary, and all fingers seem to be
pointing in the direction of the tight
job market as the basic reason for
this substantial increase.
As of April 29, 4,986 students
are registered for spring session
compared to last year's 4,039 at
the same date.
Dr. P.J. Krueger, the administration's Vice-President Academic,
says that it's been historically evident that when the job situations
tighten up, university populations
tend to increase.
Coordinator for the Special Sessions Department of Continuing
Education, Dr. Ken Loose, con-
cured with Krueger on this point,
and speculated on a few other
reasons (linked either directiy or
indirectly to the job situation) why
more students are on campus this
spring.
He mentioned, as did Krueger,
that some students may be trying to
finish their degrees in less than
four years in order to get into die
job market sooner. Loose also suggested that people may be taking
courses that are extra to their degrees in order to make themselves
more marketable.
In addition to these reasons, the
enrolment limits for fall and winter
session courses may make a difference "but don't account for the
radical increases in spring session
enrolment'', says Loose.
Krueger seems generally
pleased with the increased enrolment and says that it is especially
significant that full course registrations for spring are up 39%, which
suggests that the students who are
coming to school this spring are
also taking more courses. He said
that there have been "concrete efforts" to develop the spring and
summer programs.
According to Loose, a pretty
high percentage of people attend
ing spring and summer session get
their first choice of classes, but this
year, because of the large increase,
the situation is different. This year
it is crucial for students to have
been early in registering, says
Loose , because "things required
for a degree program, such as English 201, fill up quickly."
Kruegar believes that there is
one more type of spring/summer
student besides the ones who are
trying to finish early, get extra credits, or can't find summer work.
This other student is the graduate
of 1982 who thought she had a
permanent job, only to find the offer rescinded.
Loose voiced a concern that it
might "get to a point where finding additional instructors becomes
a difficult thing."
His department, in cooperation
with the Office of Institutional
Analysis, will be conducting a
study once summer session has begun. They will be surveying students about the reasons for being
on campus during spring and summer, and the results should be av-
ailible by late September or early
October.
Charming new engineering building
photo by Zs. Gartner
Gauntlet
Vol. 8, Number 1, May 13,1982
Plumbing prime problem
by Zs. Gartner
"We can't stand around sucking our thumbs while September 1st
approaches", said Dr. M.A. Ward, head of the University of Calgary's
Civil Engineering department, when asked about the effects of construction strikes and delays on the completion of the new civil engineering
building.
"The biggest problem facing us right now is the plumbers", said
Ward. But he added that because construction was so advanced at the
itime the strike began only two weeks delay was added.
Ward hopes to start moving into the new building by the end of this
month, and says that the move will take about two months because they
are not just simply moving offices, but entire labs full of equipment. One
particular testing machine, Ward says, costs $25,000 to move just a few
hundred yards.
This new building will more than double the Civil Engineering department's current space, but they will be losing half of their old space to the
Surveying department.
Ward is particularity pleased that by moving offices and labs into the
new building, the old wing will be freed for the function it was originally
intended.
The whole one side of the old wing is a hydraulics lab, but was never
used because the space had to be used for other things. Ward says that
there are $50,000 worth of pumps in there that have never been turned on.
Now the department is working towards a "first class undergraduate
hydraulics program in me old building.''
According to Ward, the new building was supposed to have been
finished in 1969, but was one of the first things affected when the
mid-sixties crunch hit. Ward, sounding like the eternal optimist, said,
' 'So really, we're a few years behind. "It's been a long wait.
Beck balks at BoG budget buildup
by Peter Lauridsen
Students who plan on attending
the University of Calgary this fall
will be faced with a whopping 20%
increase in tuition fees - pushing
full-time undergraduate fees to
$727.00 from $606.00 last year.
This substantial increase, which
has been expected since the provincial budget was brought down
in late March, was approved by the
university's Board of Governors
April 27th.
The increase is the maximum
amount allowed under Minister of
Advanced Education and Manpower James Horsman's new tuition fee policy and the University
Budget Committee claimed the increase is necessary if the University is to continue to provide
services "as close as possible to
the present level".
Heightened tuition fees will provide the university with about an
extra $6 million to the operating
budget, which for the coming year
is estimated to be $123,764,000.
The Budget Committee stated that
anything less than a 20% increase
in tuition fees would require
further cuts in faculty to be made.
(Twenty-one full-time teaching
positions have already been
eliminated.)
Even with increased tuition fees
and the impending staff cuts, the
university will still be forced to
spend the entire existing operating
surplus of over $300,000 in order
to balance the budget. U of C Pres-
Norman Wagner holds his own
with Richard O'Gorman
photo by Peter Lauridsen
ident Norman Wagner is confident, however, that the lack of any
operating surplus in coming years
will strengthen the university's
bargaining position with the provincial government for more adequate funding.
Wagner also spoke on the matter
of accessibility saying, "This
question [of cost to students] disturbs me greatly...but I am not
convinced that this will cause students to cease studying. Given die
alternatives [further cuts in staff], I
am less hesitant in advocating
higher tuition fees." He also
maintained that provincial government policy regarding grants and
loans for post-secondary education
will be revised to deal with the
economic strain of higher tuition
The Board of Governors made it
clear from the outset that they feel
there is little alternative to spreading out the financial need of die
university to include students.
Opposition Voiced
Speaking on behalf of the Stu-
dent's Union, outgoing SLC President Richard O'Gorman proposed
an amendment that would limit any
tuition fee increase to 10%. "Students this year affirmed their belief
in student fees," he said in a prepared statement, "but...students
cannot accept a 20% increase as
either realistic or equitable at this
time."
Citing the soaring cost of living
and the gloomy summer employment prospects, O'Gonnan
claimed that such a high tuition fee
increase would have a further
"negative impact" on those students planning to enroll at the University of Calgary. However, the
amendment received only marginal attention and was easily
defeated.
Though BoG chairman Ross
MacKimmie said he sympathized
with student concerns, he felt the
Board's first responsibility was to
insure that the university does not
operate at a deficit, which is prohibited by the University Act.
Dr. J.S. Beck, the only non-
student on the board to support die
amendment, told The Gauntlet he
supported it as "a matter of
principle...there shouldn't be tuition. '' Though oppossed to the tuition hike, Dr. Beck did admit that
he did not think it is likely to affect
many students.
Donna Retiger, the graduate student's representative to the board,
also supported the amendment saying her concern is that increased
tuition fees will be difficult for students to bear unless more financial
support (from the government) is
forthcoming,
Retiger also complained that
government funding of this university is not tied to enrollment increases. '' We really have to grovel
to get any extra money,'' she said.
Given the 15 to 25% rate of institutional inflation, says Retiger,
what is most necessary at this time
is some long-range planning with
regards to die funding of universities as well as awareness
programs to make the public conscious of what post-secondary education is going to cost in the future.